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When Your City Becomes a Hashtag

7/10/2016

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A video of Dr. Martin Luther King speaking of turbulent times opens up the sermon;
Your preacher switches up the service to allow members to talk;
A member asks "why do they hate us";
Another member says she can't sleep thinking about those officers;
Another member admits they're scared for the lives of their sons;
Your church members who are police officers weep as they are covered in prayer;
The higher the praise flows, the more the tissues are passed;
Your husband breaks down while praying and is comforted by a veteran;
A lesson on forgiveness precedes the communion service;
You tightly squeeze a young man who favors your nephew;
Your sons ask why you're crying.....
But you can't answer because your city is a hashtag.

#DallasStrong


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What is Compassion?

7/8/2016

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Compassion has never been an emotion of either/or.
Compassion has the capacity to embrace all hurts.


I grieve the deaths of the police officers whose lives were senselessly taken last night in my city while protecting our first amendment rights. I was literally ill last night watching the footage.

Likewise, I still grieve the deaths of citizens whose lives were taken needlessly during routine police encounters. Those deaths rock the core of my soul.

So, the pain we feel today in Dallas is not mutually exclusive to the pain felt in other parts of the nation. It's very similar, horrific and painful.


Our hearts must be big enough to honor all of these untimely deaths and begin today working together to find a solution to stop all of this madness.

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Yes, I Respect the Police

7/6/2016

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Walk up to my sons and ask them what they were taught to say (by their mother) EVERY TIME they see a police officer. I DARE YOU.

Do it outside of my presence.
They are taught to say "Thank you for keeping us safe" whenever they see an officer in uniform. My oldest son even used to have cards he passed out to them.

So, yes I respect the police.I honor their profession and duty.

This outcry across the country from angry, hurt, and frustrated citizens about recent police shootings is not an anti-police movement. The blood of these slain victims is crying for us to speak up.


We can respect the profession without winking ignorance at the glaring disparity in the numbers of unarmed Black men killed by police. It's shameful.

So don't give me the "All police are not bad" and some of the victims are "bad."
Stop it. That argument is beneath you.

However, if that is your point and the counter response doesn't include "all Black men are not dangerous and need to
be shot dead at point blank range" - then it's is a waste of breath.


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    Who's Shay?

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    Shay is a married, working mother of three boys whose interests range from politics to sports to cupcake tasting to classic television. She's seen every episode of "Friends" and "A Different World" and searches for "Law & Order" whenever she has the remote. Insightful and perplexed, Shay writes when her heart is full. Some are based on her Christian faith; others on her whimsical observations of life. The power of the pen gives her peace keeping her grounded in a challenging, overwhelming yet fulfilling world. All writings have copyright protection. Writings from a previous blog are being combined into this one.

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